If you're anything like me the lure of peanuts and caramel, when the urge strikes, is irrestible. Luckily though, this is a rare occurence for me. A new season of Master Chef started last week in Australia and the final challenge for the last apron into the top 24 involved peanuts and caramel, through Shannon Bennett's Chocolate Peanut Bar. There's 9 parts to this dish, with around 15 ingredients, all normal things you can find in the supermarket with one exception (trimoline, which is apparently a glucose-type syrup). It would probably take me at least twice as long to make this, than the 1.45 hrs that the contestants had, so I'm saving it for another day!Which leads me back to peanuts and caramel. I had planned to make a chocolate souffle with raspberry sauce, however after watching Master Chef, I pondered a peanut and caramel souffle. This souffle recipe is one of the easiest ever. So if you've always wanted to make one, but never have, then this is the recipe for you.
Snickers Souffle (makes 2 souffles)
200g Snickers bars (roughly chopped) + extra for decorating or a sauce
80mL thickened cream
4 egg whites
butter
2 teaspoons caster sugar
- Preheat oven to 200C (no fan)
- Melt the snickers and half the cream either slowly in the microwave, or on top of a double boiler. Stir occasionally to break up Snickers, until just barely melted (do not allow to boil). Add remaining cream and stir to combine. Allow to cool slightly so it is just warm.
- Grease 2 x 1 cup ramekins and add a teaspoon of sugar to each and then move ramekin around so that sugar coats it.
- Beat egg whites on high speed until they reach stiff peaks.
- Add 1/3 of egg whites to snickers mixture and mix gently to combine. Gently fold in remaining egg whites. Fold gently until mixture is combined.
- Divide mixture between 2 prepared ramekins.
- Bake souffles in oven for 10-12 minutes, until risen and just cooked on top.
- Remove from oven and serve immediately with a piece of Snickers on top (if you haven't eat it all) or a caramel sauce (melted snickers and cream and a bit of caramel topping!).
